Gus Gould goes to QLD for a meeting with Wayne Bennett. After the meeting, he says to Gus, "Well Gus, I don't know what you think of your players from NSW, but mine are all bright and brilliant."
"How do you know?" asks Gus.
"Oh well, it's simple", says. "They all have to take special tests before they can play here. Just watch this."
He calls Gordon Tallis over and asks him, "Tell me Gordie, who is the child of your father and of your mother who is not your brother and is not your sister?"
"Ah, that's simple", says Gordie, "it's me!"
"Well done Gordie", says, and Gus is very impressed.
Gus returns to NSW and wonders about the intelligence of the team. He calls in Andrew Johns and asks, "Joey, tell me, who is the child of your father and of your mother who is not your brother and is not your sister?"
Joey thinks and thinks and doesn't know the answer. "Can I think about it a bit more Gus, and I'll give you the answer tomorrow?"
"Of course," says Gus, "you've got 24 hours."
Joey goes away, thinks as hard as he can, calls in his team-mates but no-one knows the answer. 20 hours later, Joey is very worried – still no answer and only 4 hours to go. Eventually Joey says "I know, I'll ring Allan Langer, he's clever, he'll know the answer."
He calls Allan. "Allan," he says, "tell me who is the child of your father and of your mother who is not your brother and is not your sister?"
"Very simple", says Allan, "it's me!"
"Of course", says Joey and rings Gus. "Gus", says Joey, "I've got the answer: it's Allan Langer".
"No, you idiot", says Gus, "it's Gordon Tallis"
